Year 3-6 Programs

Meltdowns are common, especially in Primary School.

When something doesn’t go our way, it can feel like the world is against us.

This workshop teaches TIPP skills to de-escalate meltdowns, create more harmonious classrooms and reduce conflict.

Managing Meltdowns

Key Skills:

  • Progressive muscle relaxation

  • Paced breathing

  • Temperature reduction

Mind Games

Our minds play all sorts of games with us.

Certain situations lead us to feel anxious, fearful or uncertain.

This workshop uses CBT skills to enable students to catch their mind’s anxious thoughts before they spiral.

Key Skills:

  • Noticing cognitive distortions

  • Challenging anxious thoughts

  • Reframing

Emotion Literacy

Emotions creep up on us sometimes.

When we’re able to label our emotions, we can get them under control and work with them.

This workshop draws on Emotion Focused Therapy to help students better understand what their emotions are telling them.

Key Skills:

  • Identifying the physical experience of emotions

  • Experiential focusing

  • Effective expression of emotion